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Hardeeville receives COPS grant

The Hardeeville Police Department will grow by one officer, thanks to a Department of Justice grant for $181,548 that will provide all funding for three years. The grant comes from the department’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services.

“There were only 231 agencies in the nation who received any funding and only four in South Carolina,” said City Manager Carey Smith. “There were 31 police agencies in the state to apply and Hardeeville Police Department’s application was ranked third in the state in total points.”

The estimated amount of federal funds over the three-year grant period is $181,548, according to a letter received by Chief Richard Nagy from the DoJ COPS Director Bernard K. Melekian.